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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.

Hello All,
Can we rewrite the following sentence:(I can't understand the position of more than)

The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.

to :

The advantages of this scheme outweigh more than the costs involved.

And, is 'more than' adverb here?
  

Top answer

Mickey Mouse 8241 The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved. In that sentence, "more than" is an adverb of degree; it goes before the verb. Mickey Mouse 8241 The advantages of this scheme outweigh more than the costs involved.

— Teechr

  • Mickey Mouse 8241 The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.
  • In that sentence, "more than" is an adverb of degree; it goes before the verb.
  • Mickey Mouse 8241 The advantages of this scheme outweigh more than the costs involved.
  • That doesn't work.
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Mickey Mouse 8241The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.
In that sentence, "more than" is an adverb of degree; it goes before the verb.
Mickey Mouse 8241The advantages of this scheme outweigh more than the costs involved.
That doesn't work.
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Mickey Mouse 8241Can we rewrite
No.
Mickey Mouse 8241And, is 'more than' adverb here?
Yes.
Mickey Mouse 8241The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.
This starts here: The advantages of this scheme outweigh the costs involved.
This means that the advan
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teechr Mickey Mouse 8241The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.In that sentence, "more than" is an adverb of degree; it goes before the verb.Mickey Mouse 8241The advantages of this scheme outweigh more than the costs involved.That doesn't work.
How about the following?

Here are some more examples of using 'more than' as an
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Mickey Mouse 8241How about the following?
Emotion: yes
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Mickey Mouse 8241How about the following?
Those are different. They compare two things. In the original, "more than" just means greatly.
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In the original we also compare 'costs involved' and 'advantages' as well.

Can we use ' more than' as an adverb of degree before every verb?
Is there any limitation or exception in using such a adverb of degree?
are the following correct?
"You more than have earned money these days."
"The students more than learn practical lessons by experiences"
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Mickey Mouse 8241How about the following? Here are some more examples of using 'more than' as an adverb of degree after verb: ...
"more than" before the verb suggests that the writer has used the wrong verb, and that a stronger verb of a similar meaning should be used. (The reader is expected to fill in the missing verb if there is one.)

Thus, mor
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The advantages of this scheme more than outweigh the costs involved.
The advantages of this scheme greatly outweigh the costs involved.
The advantages of this scheme outweigh by a large amount the costs involved.
Mickey Mouse 8241are the following correct?
No. You need a verb where you can use "by a large amount".

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CalifJimYou can also think of "more than" as "do(es) (something) more than (just)" or "did (something) more than (just)".
CalifJimThe advantages more than outweigh the costs.> The advantages do something more than (just) outweigh the costs.
Great example. Great way of understanding. Thanks so much for your great help.
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